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Philip III of Spain Document Signed "Yo El Rey" as
king, one page in Spanish, 8.5" x 11.75", May 5, 1610, n.p., with
seal attached Philip III ( 1578 -1621) was the king of Spain and
Portugal and Algarves (as Philip II), from 1598 until his death. He
inherited the beliefs of his father, Phillip II, but no share of
his industry. The old king had sorrowfully confessed that God had
not given him a son capable of governing his vast dominions, and
had foreseen that Philip III would be led by his servants. This
calculation was exactly fulfilled. The new king put the direction
of his government entirely into the hands of his favorites. The
king's own life was passed amid court festivities, on which
enormous sums of money were wasted, or in the practice of piety. It
was said that he was so virtuous as hardly to have committed a
venial sin. He cannot be justly blamed for having been born to rule
a despotic monarchy, without even the capacity which would have
qualified him to manage a small estate. In fine condition.

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